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Multicolumn Category Widget vs List Custom Taxonomy Widget

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Active-install trajectory

Multicolumn Category Widget moved down one install band, 400+ to 300+; List Custom Taxonomy Widget moved down one install band, 9K+ to 8K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric Multicolumn Category Widget List Custom Taxonomy Widget
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 300–400 8K–9K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window. -25% -11% ✓
Overall health B · 83 A · 86 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 100/100 ✓ 97/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 74/100 86/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 70/100
Rating (weighted for review count) 4.0★ 4.4★ ✓
Reviews 5 21 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 82/100 96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Low Low
Last updated 3mo ago ✓ 4mo ago
Downloads · 30d 196 836 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 1.6% 6.5% ✓
Category Admin & Utilities Admin & Utilities

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Multicolumn Category WidgetList Custom Taxonomy Widget

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.